Inspired soldiers honors friend with gift to children [Image 2 of 3]

CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO

04.11.2013

Runners and volunteers gather around Capt Karla Frey, officer in charge of the Joint Visitors Bureau, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Frey worked diligently to organize a 5K warrior run in memory of Sgt. Merlin German, a Marine who died in 2008 as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq in 2005. The run was held on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo where the 218th is currently deployed as part of Multinational Battle Group- East and raised $1,500 which will be donated to the Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp in Union, Conn. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Norman Barrett, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.)